Replacement of littoral native vegetation with the ponded pasture grass Hymenachne amplexicaulis: Effects on plant, macroinvertebrate and fish biodiversity of backwaters in the Fitzroy River, Central Queensland, Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1235-1244

  Houston, Wayne A ^a   Duivenvoorden, Leo J ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community structure; Environmental weeds; Exotic; Food chain; Macrophytes; Species richness; Waterbirds; Weed invasion; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FAUNA; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

AUSTRALIA;

COLEOPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENACHNE AMPLEXICAULIS; INSECTA; ODONATA; POACEAE; VERTEBRATA; XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS;

EID: 0036998572     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF01042     Document Type: Article

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